Following an election season containing several contested elections as well as five total Honor and UJC referenda, the University Board of Elections released the results of the spring University elections Thursday evening.

“I am humbled, I am honored, I am excited to get to work for the student body,” Kenny said. “I am incredibly blessed to have … the support from so many people throughout this campaign.”

Kenny said she received a great amount of support both personally and emotionally and is thankful to Kilgore for running in the campaign.

“I commend Kelsey for running and I think she really added a lot to this campaign,” Kenny said.

Kilgore declined to comment.

Turnout for the Student Council presidential election reached 38.8 percent of students casting a ballot in the election — a significant increase from 24.8 percent turnout in the 2016 race.

UBE Chair and third-year College student Casey Schmidt said overall voter turnout for the spring elections was 43 percent, which is higher than recent years.

“I think that one of the things I really wanted to focus on as chair this year was increasing voter turnout, increasing the number of candidates, generally increasing the election spirit — and I think that that really did manifest itself this year,” Schmidt said. “When you stepped on Grounds this year during election season, you knew an election was going on.”

Other Student Council positions included vice president for administration and vice president for organizations, which were won by second-year College student Alex Cintron and second-year College student Ty Zirkle, respectively. Both elections were uncontested.

Second- and Third-Year Council elections included several contested races.

First-year College student Omar Elhaj was elected Second-Year Council president with 61.6 percent of the vote. Second-Year Council vice president, which was uncontested, was won by first-year College student Allison Kammerman.

Third-Year Council president was won by second-year College student Galen Green with 52.6 percent of the vote, and second-year College student Rebecca Soistmann won Third-Year Council vice president with 55.1 percent of the vote.

Green said she wants Third-Year Class Council to amplify the voice of the third-year class to make more third-years feel welcome at the University.

“I see Class Council as power for good and for good change and I think that is what Rebecca and I really want to see,” Green said.

Soistmann said because she’s never campaigned for an elected position at the University, the campaign was difficult.

“I’ve had the pleasure of knowing a lot of people who have run for office before and they’ve been very helpful in guiding me through all the steps and recommending certain things,” Soistmann said. “I’ve had the most incredible network of people that have helped me with a majority of the footwork, so that was awesome.”

Third-year Batten students Malcolm Stewart and Diane D'Costa were elected Fourth-Year Trustees president and vice president, respectively. Both ran uncontested.

In addition to University leadership positions, several referenda from both Honor and UJC were on the ballot.

The Honor Democratization Amendment, which would lower the majority threshold needed to amend the Honor constitution from 60 percent to 55 percent, failed to pass, receiving only 46.62 percent of the vote.